diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/proto/grpc/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/proto/grpc/__init__.py
index cfc20cddec1..51b099fa572 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/proto/grpc/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/proto/grpc/__init__.py
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.collector_endpoint = collector_endpoint or environ.get(
             OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT, DEFAULT_GRPC_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
         )
-        self.insecure = insecure or bool(
-            environ.get(OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_GRPC_INSECURE, None)
-        )
+        self.insecure = insecure or environ.get(OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_GRPC_INSECURE)
         self._timeout = timeout or int(
             environ.get(OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_EXPORT_TIMEOUT)
         )